Parlor game-board



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. WADE, OF AVON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PARLOR GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,794, dated November 16, 1897.

7 Application filed July 1, 1896. Serial No. 597,788. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. WADE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Avon, in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Parlor Game- Boards, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in parlor game-boards; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a game which will be fascinating in its nature and can be played by the means of spring-actuated cues and balls, whereby difierent numbers can be attained, thus making a varying score between contestants. I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompa-i nying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation in part section; Fig.

3, a detailed side view of the one and case, and

Fig. 4 is a detailed view in section of the dome.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the views.

1 is a board provided with the side pieces 2 and 3 and the end pieces 4 and 5. At the top part of the board 1 is the raised peak 6, being covered with the usual billiard-cloth or other material. At the top of the board, near the peak 6, are the-domes 7, provided with openings 7'"? on their upper side, connected with the channels 37. The lower part of the field is covered with the pins and wickets disposed in any desirable manner. At the lower end of the board are the stalls 10, provided with the partitions 11. These stalls open into the space 12 in the lower underneath portion of the board, divided into the several pockets 13, protected'by the glass 14. The glass14 prevents the balls 15, which may drop into any of the pockets, from being removed until such time as the strip forming the ends of the pockets may be lowered away from the count-board 16 in the manner hereinafter described.

The count-board 16 consists in a strip extending across the board from side to side and bears on its top a number opposite each pocket, and thus designates the number to be given to each player when the ball drops into the pocket under said number.

The pockets 13 are closed at their outer or lower end by a hinged piece 17, which is adapted to drop away from the count-board 16 in such a manner as to allow the balls which are confined in the pockets to pass out beneath the count-board into the open space 18 at the foot of the board. The hinged piece 17 forms practically a false bottom along its extent and has underneath, on each side, the springs 19, which tend always to pull the hinged piece downward. This is counteracted by the wedge 20, which is attached to the rod 21, provided with the knob 22. The action of the spring 21 is such that it tends to force the wedge 20 under the bottom of the hinged piece 17 and keep it closed against the action of the springs 19.

The board 1 is inclined at an angle, so that the top part will be elevated so as to allow the balls 15 to run rapidly downward. In the center of the board 1 is the cue-case 23, which may be so arranged as to operate any number of cues, but in which I preferably use "two, constructed in the manner hereinafter described.

The cue-case 23 has its top part 24 entirely covered, with the exception of the orifices 9. Beneath these orifices and extending just beyond are the cues 25,which travel in the channels 26, formed by the middle strip 27 and side pieces 28. The cues 25 are attached to the cross-piece 29. The rod 30 has the knob 31 on one end and is attached at the other to the cross-piece 29. The rods 32 are attached at one end to the cue-case and are inserted in holes in the cross-piece and cues at the other end, and these'rods 32 carry the springs 33, which tend always to press the cross-piece 29 against the cushioned end 34 of the middle strip 27. On the opposite end of the cuecase 23 are the flat springs 35, which at their outer end lie against the pointed center piece 36, which abuts under the top of the cue-case against the end of the middle strip 27 and while the rods enter the hollows in the cross-piece and cues. IVhen the knob 31 is released, the force of the springs 33 drive the cues forward, carrying with them the ball or balls in the channels 37 on each side of the middle strip 27. The halls are thus projected out of the opening by the flat springs 35 and pass to the top part of the board, where they strike the semicircular peak -6 and begin to descend. If they descend into one of the domes through the opening 7 ,whieh is on the reverse side to the impelling device, they pass downward through a channel connected with a pocket opposite one of the higher numbers of the count-board. If the balls do not descend into one of the domes, they roll downward between the pins and wickets until they drop into one of the stalls 10, passing between the partitions 11. Vhen the balls reach the bottom of the space 12 beneath, they run down the incline into the pocket 13, opposite the hole that they dropped into. The balls then remain in this pocket until such time as the hinged piece 17 is lowered away from the count-board by the action of the side springs 19 after the wedge 20, attached to the rod 21, has been drawn back by the knob 22 being pulled out and allowing the side springs 19 to act. The center piece 36 is pointed, so as to prevent the lodginent of the balls against its end. hen the hinged piece 17 is dropped down, the balls 15 roll out into the open space 18 at the foot of the board, where they are ready for use again.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a board having a raised edge, an impelling device for projecting the balls forward, domes disposed on said board and provided with openings on the reverse side to the impellin g device, pockets disposed at one end of said board,and converging channels connecting the several domes with the two pockets bearing the highest numbers, each of said domes being independent of the others.

2. The combination of a board having a raised edge, a device for impelling the balls forward, independent domes disposed on said board and provided with openings on the reverse side to theimpelling device, pockets disposed at one end of said board below the surface thereof, guiding-stalls for directing the balls into said pockets, and a ball-chamber disposed below said pockets.

3. The combination of a board having raised edges, domes disposed on said board and provided with openings, pockets disposed at one end of said board, channels connecting said domes and pockets, a ball-chamber belowsaid pockets, and a hinged section beneath said pockets adapted to drop the balls into said ball-chamber when desired.

4. The combination ofa boardhaving raised edges, a peak at the top of said board for directing the course of the balls, an impelling device for projecting the balls forward, domes disposed at the top of said board and provided with openings on the reverse side to the impelling device, pockets for receiving the balls, and channels connecting the domes and pockets, said domes being independent of each other. v

5. In a game-board, the combination of an inclined board having raised edges, an impelling device for projecting the balls forward, independent domes disposed on said board and having openings therein on the reverse side to the impelling device, pockets disposed at one end of said board below the surface thereof, and channels disposed under said board and connecting the domes with the pockets.

6. In a game-board, the combination of an inclined board having raised edges, an impelling device for projecti ng the balls forward, independent domes disposed on said board and having openings on the reverse side to the impelling device, pockets disposed at one end of said board, channels connecting said domes and pockets, stalls disposed adjacent to said pockets for directing balls thcreinto, and impeding devices disposed between the upper end of the board and the stalls.

7. In a game-board, the combination of a board having raised edges, a spring-actuated cue for im pellin g the balls forward, independent domes disposed on said board and provided with openings on. the reverse side to the impelling device, pockets disposed at one end of said board, and channels connecting said domes and pockets.

8. In a game-board, the combination of an impelling device for projecting the balls forward, independent domes disposed on said board, said domes having openings on the reverse side to the impelling device, means disposed at one end of the board for receiving the balls,and means for connecting the domes with the ball-receiving means.

In testimony whereof I, OSCAR A. \VADE, have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 3d day of December, A. I). 1895.

OSCAR A. XVADE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH W. BRYANT, VIOLA RAE. 

